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On the Ghost Forces in 3D Quasicontinuum Model
Author(s) -
Shan Wenzhe,
Nackenhorst Udo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200910179
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , coupling (piping) , computer science , physics , classical mechanics , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
In this contribution, we propose an intuitive explanation for the artificial effect, named as ghost force, that arises in the coupling region of a multiscale method, known as Quasicontinuum method, and introduce a simple technique that can be used to reduce this ghost force. (© 2009 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)